Guangdong local food
Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

Gongfu tea 工夫茶
Small servings concentrate the tea's aroma, while successive brews reveal changes in strength, sweetness and astringency. The tea chosen matters as much as the equipment.
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Haifeng Pounded Tea 海丰擂茶
Haifeng Pounded Tea (海丰擂茶) is the tea that households in Haifeng County (海丰县), in Shanwei (汕尾), Guangdong, grind by hand and serve to guests.
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Lufeng Savoury Salted Tea 陆丰咸茶
Lufeng Savoury Salted Tea (陆丰咸茶) is the pounded-tea meal of Lufeng (陆丰) in Shanwei (汕尾), Guangdong: a pounded tea poured over a bowl of rice or other starches, stir-fried meat and dried seafood, finished with toasted rice, peanuts and sesame.
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Savoury Vegetable and Rice Tea Bowl 菜茶
Savoury Vegetable and Rice Tea Bowl (菜茶) is the festive 'vegetable tea' of Hailufeng (海陆丰), the Shanwei (汕尾) area of Guangdong: a bowl of stir-fried meat, seafood, beans, grains and greens, topped with peanuts and toasted rice and moistened with weak tea or pork-bone broth.
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Jiexi Pounded Tea 揭西擂茶
Jiexi Pounded Tea (揭西擂茶) is Hakka tea from Jiexi (揭西) county in Jieyang, Guangdong, made by grinding tea leaves, sesame and liquorice into a paste in a clay bowl and topping it with toasted rice, peanuts and beans.
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